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BABY ANIMAL CUPCAKES




Source of Recipe


Kathy


List of Ingredients




1 bag 3 MUSKETEERS® Brand MINIS® for Easter
1 bag M&M'S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies
1 bag STARBURST® Brand Jellybeans
1 bag STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chews
1 18.25-oz. box yellow cake mix
1 16-oz. can vanilla frosting
Red and yellow food coloring
Large marshmallows
Chocolate sprinkles
Pink sugar crystals
2 12-cup cupcake tins
24 paper cupcake liners




Recipe



Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the muffin cups with the paper cupcake liners.
Unwrap and chop 1 bag of 3 MUSKETEERS® Brand MINIS® for Easter. Prepare the cake mix according to the package instructions, and stir in the chopped 3 MUSKETEERS® Brand Minis for Easter.
Divide the batter between the cups. Bake for 21-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely.


To decorate,

For Bunny
1. Tint vanilla frosting light pink and frost the top of the cupcake.
2. Cut a marshmallow in half crosswise and squeeze the sides to make ears. Dip the sticky cut edges in pink sugar crystals and attach as the ears.
3. Cut a STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chew diagonally and arrange as the bow tie.
4. Use M&M'S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies for the eyes and button, a STARBURST® Brand Jellybean for the nose, and chocolate sprinkles for the whiskers.

For Chickie
1. Tint vanilla frosting a pale yellow and frost the top of the cupcake.
2. Use STARBURST® Brand Jellybeans for the rooster comb and beak, and M&M'S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies for the eyes.

Makes 24 cupcakes.